Allen key

English

Allen keys of various sizes

Etymology

Allen + key, from the name of the Allen Manufacturing Company.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælən kiː/

Noun

Allen key (plural Allen keys)

1. (UK) A hex head wrench.

Synonyms

• (hex head wrench): Allen wrench, hex head wrench, hex key

Related terms

• Allen screw
• Allen bolt

Translations

a hex head wrench

• Arabic: مِفْتَاح سُدَاسِيّ m (miftāḥ sudāsiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六角匙 (liùjiǎoshi), 內六角扳手／内六角扳手 (nèi liùjiǎo bānshǒu)

• Czech: imbusový klíč m
• Danish: unbrakonøgle (da) c
• Dutch: inbussleutel (nl) m
• Finnish: kuusiokoloavain (fi), kuusikulma-avain
• French: clé Allen (fr) f, clef Allen (fr) f
• German: Innensechskantschlüssel m, Inbusschlüssel (de) m
• Hungarian: imbuszkulcs
• Italian: brugola (it) f
• Japanese: 六角棒スパナ (rokkakubō supana)
• Macedonian: имбус m (imbus)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unbrakonøkkel (no) m

  Nynorsk: unbrakonøkkel m

• Portuguese: chave Allen f, chave sextavada f
• Romanian: inbus
• Russian: шестигра́нный ключ m (šestigránnyj ključ), и́нбусовый ключ m (ínbusovyj ključ), и́нбус m (ínbus)
• Spanish: llave allen f, llave Allen f
• Swedish: insexnyckel (sv) c
• Turkish: alyan (tr)

Further reading

• “Allen key”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Allen key”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Allen key”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Allen key”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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